This morning it was my turn to find a kid waiting for me when I went to check on the girls. Carmelina had a little something like this hovering around her at 7 a.m.:

She must have delivered about an hour before that because this kid was pretty dry by the time I happened upon the scene.

This one’s coloring is so interesting–brownish but without the red tones that both the mother and father have. I wonder if it will change? Mother and kid are doing fine and, of course, bonding.

The coloring of yesterday’s kid, by the way, was also a huge surprise. Sure, Margherita has some black undertones, but dad is a reddish-brown and white, so we weren’t expecting a stark black and white kid. In case you wondered, yesterday’s kid is still doing fine — and we now know he’s a he:

As for Pasqualina? Well she’s just chillaxing until her time comes…will it be later today, overnight, or weeks from now?

yes, definitely cuteness overload. Love the boots on the newest.
I have lots of ‘raising goat’ questions!
Is it important to imprint like you would with horses?

Keeping in mind that I’m a complete goat novice: I think goats are naturally more inclined to be handled/friends with people than horses, so I don’t think there’s anything special that needs to be done other than handling them like any goat lover would; certainly goats raised with affection are going to be more people-friendly, I’d say. Some people bottle feed their kids before they even touch the doe’s teats because they say they’ll become more used to people that way. We’re letting things happen naturally, but with the affection we show our does (who we didn’t raise from babies), and I think they’ll be just fine…we’ll see!

Michelle, I can understand your obsession with your goats, they are absolutely beautiful animals and each and every one of them look as if they are smiling! It really puts a smile on your face to look at them and the babies, well, to call them cute is an understatement! Good luck with the new arrivals!